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Feb 21, 1492
columbus lands in the island of hispanola
lands in the island of hispanola -
Feb 21, 1496
the spanish found santo domingo
the first spanish towns of the Americas -
Feb 21, 1503
Spain establishes the "Casa de contratacion"
to gurantee a Spanish monopoly of trades with the Americas -
Feb 23, 1510
Bartolome` de las Casas,becomes the first priest in the New World
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Jan 7, 1519
Spanish Conquistadors overthrew the Aztec Empire
They killed its last emperor -
Jan 7, 1523
Viceroys ruled New Spain
claimed its notheast boundary near Charleston -
Feb 23, 1531
The king of Portugal dispatches a convoy to Brazil
he did this under the command of Martin Afonso de Sousa -
Jan 7, 1540
Expasion northward
soto is present southeast united states -
Feb 23, 1550
Portugal ships female orphans and African slaves to the colonists of Brazil
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Feb 23, 1561
Colonial trade is restricted to two convoys of privately-owned ships a year,
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Feb 23, 1569
Santa Fe de Bogota becomes the capital of the captaincy-general New Granada
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Jan 7, 1571
Spanish Galleon
Began run between acapulco and Manilla -
Escaped black slaves of Brazil found the Quilombo dos Palmares
a confederacy ruled according to Central African customs -
Spain authorizes the slave trade of Araucanian Indios in Chile
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Britain surrenders Surinam to Holland in return for New Amsterdam (in New York)
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Portuguese colonist Manuel de Lobo founds the colony of Sacramento
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Gold is discovered in Minas Geraes, Brazil, causing a gold rush in the West
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Spain authorizes French ships to trade with its American colonies
and therefore removes the ban on all non-Spanish trade with the American colonies -
Diamonds are found in Minas Gerais
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New Spain loses Florida
when they lost florida for GreatBritain they gained Louisiana from France
